Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Second Wookiee Concept Armor
ReynaldoAlvarado wrote:
Wookies in Clothes and Armor= "Planet of the Apes" NOT Star Wars....
This is lame.
How many Wookiees have we seen in the movies? Besides a few senators and Chewbacca, not too many. I think the devs have the right to have some creative license with the species considering there isn't much to go on.
Now if only someone could explain to me what they were thinking when they came up with the traveler's hat? Gawd that thing is ugly. XD
And devs, I love the Wookiee armor... but more clothing options would also be nice. It would also be cool if the armor fit the 'jacket' slot and armor padding fit the 'shirt' slot so we could wear both. Thanks.
Darkagent101 wrote:As much as I appreciate SWG attempts to keep continuity, as well as the need to run these designs past Lucas Arts Licenscing, I think you guys are missing an important point about wookies.
Their uniqueness comes not from their 'traditional' and 'natural' technology, but from their good blend of 'traditional' and 'modern'.
Bowcasters are traditional Wookie weapons that often times combine older projectile attributes and newwer energy weapon ideas.
So why are all the Wookie Armor's made of Bone, Hide, and Wood?
C'mon! Wookies are strong! Give them a durasteel chestplate as thick as AT-ST armor! Give them helmets made of starship viewport material. Quit gimping one of the best races in the SW universe with false limitations of technological inferiority!!!
If I were a wookie I'd take these flimsy armors and break them on my knee to make padding for my REAL armor.
The first wook armor available is ceremonial armor. This implies it is not the true wookiee battle armor. The second appears to be one step up from that, hunting armor. The third will likely be a step up from hunting, and so on. The lack of technological components in these first wook armors could very well be a reflection of their purpose-ceremony and hunting. As the wook armors progress up the ladder I'd wager the abilities and components of the armor will climb up the ladder as well, and you'll get exactly what you are calling for. Although, I doubt it will have little to do with anything anyone has posted in the forums.